/*[INCLUDE-IF Sidecar18-SE]*/
/*
 * Copyright IBM Corp. and others 2004
 *
 * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under
 * the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0 which accompanies this
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 * or the Apache License, Version 2.0 which accompanies this distribution and
 * is available at https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.
 *
 * This Source Code may also be made available under the following
 * Secondary Licenses when the conditions for such availability set
 * forth in the Eclipse Public License, v. 2.0 are satisfied: GNU
 * General Public License, version 2 with the GNU Classpath
 * Exception [1] and GNU General Public License, version 2 with the
 * OpenJDK Assembly Exception [2].
 *
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 * [2] https://openjdk.org/legal/assembly-exception.html
 *
 * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0 OR Apache-2.0 OR GPL-2.0-only WITH Classpath-exception-2.0 OR GPL-2.0-only WITH OpenJDK-assembly-exception-1.0
 */
package com.ibm.dtfj.java;

import java.util.Iterator;

/**
 * Represents a method or constructor in a class.
 */
public interface JavaMethod extends JavaMember {

	/**
	 * Get the set of ImageSections containing the bytecode of this method.
	 * @return an iterator over a collection of ImageSections.
	 * Each ImageSection contains data (usually bytecodes) used
	 * in executing this method in interpreted mode.
	 * <p>
	 * The collection may be empty for native methods, or
	 * pre-compiled methods.
	 * <p>
	 * Typically, the collection will contain no more than one
	 * section, but this is not guaranteed.
	 *
	 * @see com.ibm.dtfj.image.ImageSection
	 * @see com.ibm.dtfj.image.CorruptData
	 */
	public Iterator getBytecodeSections();

	/**
	 * Get the set of ImageSections containing the compiled code of this method.
	 * @return an iterator over a collection of ImageSections.
	 * Each ImageSection contains data (usually executable code) used
	 * in executing this method in compiled mode.
	 *
	 * @see com.ibm.dtfj.image.ImageSection
	 * @see com.ibm.dtfj.image.CorruptData
	 */
	public Iterator getCompiledSections();

	/**
	 * @param obj
	 * @return True if the given object refers to the same Java Method in the image
	 */
	public boolean equals(Object obj);
	public int hashCode();
}
